On TikTok, vagus nerve stimulation sounds like a miracle cure. Influencers claim it can help with a long list of ailments, including—but not limited to—anxiety, stress, depression, and inflammation.

Vikram Rao, director of the UCSF Epilepsy Center, discusses why a third of seizure patients don’t respond to medication and the promising new surgical and technological treatments available.

Electrically stimulating key cells in the immune system could "reprogram" them to reduce inflammation and encourage faster and more effective healing in the body. This is the discovery of scientists ...

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GammaCore is an FDA-cleared, handheld device that uses noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation to treat and prevent migraine attacks and cluster headaches. Learn how the device works, how to get one, and ...

A new study explores personalized deep brain stimulation for chronic pain sufferers, offering hope for those unresponsive to ...

Explore the latest in sleep tech and follow my experience using a vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) device to see if it can ...

For some, electrotherapy may feel like the final frontier in recovery and pain treatment. Introducing electronic currents ...

This study found that, in rats, acute nerve injuries that may recover can be distinguished from those that are unlikely to recover based on the response to intraoperative electrical nerve stimulation ...

There is at present no quick, reliable, and evidence-based way of evaluating the extent of nerve damage and need for surgical ...

There is at present no quick, reliable, and evidence-based way of evaluating the extent of nerve damage and need for surgical intervention after a patient experiences an acute injury. Researchers may ...

Title: Is a Response to Intraoperative Electrical Nerve Stimulation Associated with Recovery After Stretch Injury in the Rat Median Nerve? Authors: Paul J. Cagle, MD, Associate Professor of ...